Bottle-capping tool.



A. N. ELEAGLE. BOTTLE-CABPING 1001. APPHCATION. FILEQOCT. 8.1915- I I A Patented July 4, 1916.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented July 4.191s.-

' Application filed October 8, 1915. Serial m. 54,813.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR N. FLnAcLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Capping Tools, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to a bottle capping 'tool for household. use.

An object of the invention isto construct a simple, cheap and thoroughly. effective hand operated tool whichwill easily and quickly place an ordinary, crown cap upon the bead of a bottle neck so as to "hermetically seal the bottle to preserve the contents thereof. 1

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a hand operated bottle capping tool constructed in accordance with the present invention illustrating the operation thereof, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the'line 44 of Fig. 2.

The well known tin-crown and cork disk employed by manufacturers of bottled goods is considered one of the best methods of sealing bottles. The cost of machines required for applying the crowns prohibits the use of the same in households. Therefore, it may be considered the primary objectof the present invention to provide an eflicient but inexpensive tool for applying the tin crowns to bottles which may be easily and quickly operated and which will occupy only a small space when not in use.

The improvement consists essentially of a bottle holder 1, a lever 2 and a capping piece 3.

The holder end includes a longitudinall extending arm 4 having one of its en s widened and bifurcated to provide spaced side members 5-5. The space between the members 5 is slightly greater than the cross sectional diameter of the neck of the bottle below the outwardly bulged portion 6 thereof which is disposed below the beaded lip 7 of the bottle 8, and the connecting wall between the members 55 is rounded, as at 9,

and preferably flared inwardly or toward the handle 4. The 11 per surface'of this rounded wall 9 is-ra beted or otherwise formed with a round groove 10 and the lower wall of the said groove is rounded, as at 11, to correspondwith the lower portion of the ,bulged part 6 of the bottle neck. The groove 10 is tapered to. a feather edge as it connects with vthe'sides 5 -5, and the rounded shoulder 11 engages with approximately one-half of the bulged portion of the bottle neck. By this arrangement it will be noted that the bottle will he efiecjt ively sustained upon the holder member 1 and that its beaded lip will be projected above the upper surfaceof the said holder. The members 5'-5 at-their outer edge are extended upwardly and at a right angle to the longitudinal planeof the hollow and the widened portion or bottle seat thereof, as lndlcated by the numerals 12-12. It is to be understood that the arts are referred to a s when the device is in its horizontal pos1t1on or operative position. The extensions 1212 are provided with openings.

to receive the trunnions or pivot members 13 provided upon the widened head 14 of the lever 2. The lever at a suitable distance from its head 14 has an elon atedslot 15 through which is passed a int e 16 that v connects the spaced ears 17 o the capping plece 3 to the said lever. The capping piece comprises a tubular member 18 which has its bore of a sizesuflicient to snugly re-' ceive an ordinary crown cap, and the lower edge of the bore of said capping piece is angular, corresponding to the pitch or angle of the crown caps which are adapted to a be arranged in the said capping piece. The

caplping piece 3 is provided upon its sides wit diametrically opposite lugs 19, and the members 5 have vertically extending guide pins 20 which pam through suitable openings in the lugs 19. I

It is, of course, obvious that the center of pressure must move in a constantly vertical direction and that it is essential that the capping action take place in as nearly horizontal plane as is mechanically possible. So with the construction illustrated and described the slot 15 of the lever 2 permits of the cap piece 18 moving upon the guide members 20- in a vertical direction, the guide -members 20 positively retaining or holding the capping piece 3 in such position so that the cap will be properly fed to the beaded lip of the bottle. In order to more fully aid in protecting the bottle against breakage, I have found it desirable to prov vide the shoulder 11 of the holder 1 with a facing of some.suitable compressible material, such as felt and which 1s indicated by the numeral 21.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof. will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus describedthe invention, what I claim is:

In a hand operated tool for applying crown corks to the beaded necks of bottles, a holder including a handle having a widened end which is centrally slotted to provide spaced side members, the connecting wall between the same being rounded and being grooved at one of the edges thereof, the opposite walls provided by the secured between the extensions of the side v members, said lever having an elongated slot disposed above the mentioned groove, a capping member having a cylindrical body provided with ears arranged to the opposite sides of the lever and having a pivot member passing through the said ears and through the mentioned elongated slot in the lever, lugs formed upon the diametrically opposite sides of the capping member, and guide pins on the side members of the handle passing through openings in the said lugs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR NOAH FLEAGLE. Witnesses:

FRANK E. CUDDY, S. F. FLEAGLE. 

